I've been traveling for over a month now... make it stop

[TridenT]

University of portland? Yikes its pricey and small, nevermind. OSU is the main college there?

Did you always intend on going to UW? I don't really know the colleges in Oregon or anything like that. OSU might not have been that great for computer science either from the looks of it.

OSU is considered the engineering college in Oregon. I didn't plan on going there or UO (Although UO's considered better overall, so who knows). We moved to WA state after I graduated HS. I had no money and the recession was hitting hard in 2008. I knew trying to get a job was going to be more than just difficult. Things in college went poorly because I had no money and had to live in an adverse living environment.

I went to a local community college in Vancouver, WA then transferred to one in Seattle... then UW. I couldn't transfer directly to UW without losing valuable credits and so that's why I went to one in Seattle.

I didn't get the full ride until I was already over a year in at the community college. And then once I had that and it was tied to WA state... I looked up all the colleges and found UW to have a top 10 cs program. If ever there was a calling, that was it. Decided to make it my mission and did everything I could to make it happen. I didn't know the adversity that I'd be facing there especially after having made friends in Portland and having a social activity that I was sure would help me out (it didn't).

Anyway, UW's CS program is notoriously competitive. I didn't think I would end up having such a hard time when I moved to Seattle. I had been kicking ass pretty hard in my courses up to the move. The program has about a 10-20% acceptance rate depending on when you apply once you're in the college for people like myself (transfer, non-minority, male, etc.). Most people I knew who were hell bent on CS like I was and didn't get in ended up going to another college. I didn't really have that option. (those people had some financial flexibility)

 

[OverVolt]

OSU is considered the engineering college in Oregon. I didn't plan on going there or UO (Although UO's considered better overall, so who knows). We moved to WA state after I graduated HS. I had no money and the recession was hitting hard in 2008. I knew trying to get a job was going to be more than just difficult. Things in college went poorly because I had no money and had to live in an adverse living environment.

I went to a local community college in Vancouver, WA then transferred to one in Seattle... then UW. I couldn't transfer directly to UW without losing valuable credits and so that's why I went to one in Seattle.

I didn't get the full ride until I was already over a year in at the community college. And then once I had that and it was tied to WA state... I looked up all the colleges and found UW to have a top 10 cs program. If ever there was a calling, that was it. Decided to make it my mission and did everything I could to make it happen. I didn't know the adversity that I'd be facing there especially after having made friends in Portland and having a social activity that I was sure would help me out (it didn't).

Anyway, UW's CS program is notoriously competitive. I didn't think I would end up having such a hard time when I moved to Seattle. I had been kicking ass pretty hard in my courses up to the move. The program has about a 10-20% acceptance rate depending on when you apply once you're in the college for people like myself (transfer, non-minority, male, etc.). Most people I knew who were hell bent on CS like I was and didn't get in ended up going to another college. I didn't really have that option. (those people had some financial flexibility)

Whelp... now that you graduated with the BS in Math on the scholarships dime (you seem legitimately smart, don't let getting rejected from the UW CS program get you down) time for two more years of college the old fashioned rack up a ton of debt way?

Having a degree should make you a shoo-in for just about any college with a less competitive but still good CS program. So it wouldn't have been for nothing. Many people struggle with the math elements of many CS programs. You'd have it decent, but I'm sure money is an issue.

You could work a crappy job a couple years, live with the parents, and save up money, and don't let your skills atrophy. You just need a good plan is all.

 

[Drako]

:biggrin: So, pathetic

Indeed. What's even more amazing is the lack of shame. He flaunts his patheticness like a badge of honor. It's truly perplexing. :biggrin:

 

[TridenT]

Whelp... now that you graduated with the BS in Math on the scholarships dime (you seem legitimately smart, don't let getting rejected from the UW CS program get you down) time for two more years of college the old fashioned rack up a ton of debt way?

Getting a second BS is a little difficult from what I've seen. A MS would be in my future. (Not impossible, BS math majors can get MS in CS) However, I'd rather not go back to college and rack up debt. Still, that would be about 9 months until I'd start. Not worth waiting that long. (If I could even get into a program. That time is close to past, I'd need to take the GREs and so forth.)

 

[OverVolt]

Getting a second BS is a little difficult from what I've seen. A MS would be in my future. (Not impossible, BS math majors can get MS in CS) However, I'd rather not go back to college and rack up debt. Still, that would be about 9 months until I'd start. Not worth waiting that long. (If I could even get into a program. That time is close to past, I'd need to take the GREs and so forth.)

Nah, easy! You won't run into as many barriers as you did at UW.

I'm not sure about an MS in CS. I'm not actually sure if the MS in CS is any more marketable than just the bachelors. Maybe once you already had a programming job. This is where the rest of ATOT chimes in 😉

 

[TridenT]

Nah, easy! You won't run into as many barriers as you did at UW.

I'm not sure about an MS in CS. I'm not actually sure if the MS in CS is any more marketable than just the bachelors. Maybe once you already had a programming job. This is where the rest of ATOT chimes in 😉

Some employers seem equally willing to employ someone with a MS and less than average experience alongside someone with a BS and average experience.

 

[Kyle]

So funny...I moved from Oregon to Seattle, friends I've had here have come from all over the US and no one had any issue with the "Seattle Freeze"...dude you need to stop externalizing...the issue is you...but obviously me being the 100th person to say this in this thread isn't going to do anything

Keep moving around to all these horrible places and all these companies that won't hire you and come up with new excuses...ever tried therapy?

 

[purbeast0]

it would be so fucking awesome if TridenT was just trolling us hard as shit all along.

 

[Kyle]

Yeah the thought has crossed my mind...

 

[disappoint]

it would be so fucking awesome if TridenT was just trolling us hard as shit all along.

True or not maybe he will claim that now just to save face. 😀

 

[disappoint]

So funny...I moved from Oregon to Seattle, friends I've had here have come from all over the US and no one had any issue with the "Seattle Freeze"...dude you need to stop externalizing...the issue is you...but obviously me being the 100th person to say this in this thread isn't going to do anything

Keep moving around to all these horrible places and all these companies that won't hire you and come up with new excuses...ever tried therapy?

Froot Loops has been gobbling blue pill for so long. I wonder what it would take for him to "get it".

 

[OverVolt]

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[OverVolt]

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[TridenT]

So funny...I moved from Oregon to Seattle, friends I've had here have come from all over the US and no one had any issue with the "Seattle Freeze"...dude you need to stop externalizing...the issue is you...but obviously me being the 100th person to say this in this thread isn't going to do anything

Keep moving around to all these horrible places and all these companies that won't hire you and come up with new excuses...ever tried therapy?

And yet Ive met hundreds who've complained about experiencing it.

 

[disappoint]

And yet Ive met hundreds who've complained about experiencing it.

They probably got fed up trying to fix you and decided to make you believe you're getting froze out to get you to leave because you won't change.

 

[TridenT]

They probably got fed up trying to fix you and decided to make you believe you're getting froze out to get you to leave because you won't change.

Uh-huh. Keep foolin' yaself.

 

[Capt Caveman]

And yet Ive met hundreds who've complained about experiencing it.

Never had that experience when I lived in Seattle, even from people that lived outside of the city and had lived in the area for a long time. If you haven't learned, people from all over the country are moving to the Pacific Northwest. I found the area to be pretty friendly compared to other parts of the country. The only issue I had was that people were almost too laid back and drove so slowly up there.

Face it, the problem has always been and will always be you. You complain about everything and it's never your fault. You're a miserable whiny entitled little bitch who comes from a background that should say the opposite.

I've told you over the years, it's not your looks but your ugly personality that has gotten you nowhere in life. But keep on thinking not working to get experience in Phoenix or not moving to the SF area will get you an entry level job in SF. All you do is the opposite of what any intelligent person who's been given good advice would do and look at you. Nothing but a joke. And sadly, negative attention is better than none for you.

 

[TridenT]

Never had that experience when I lived in Seattle, even from people that lived outside of the city and had lived in the area for a long time. If you haven't learned, people from all over the country are moving to the Pacific Northwest. I found the area to be pretty friendly compared to other parts of the country. The only issue I had was that people were almost too laid back and drove so slowly up there.

Face it, the problem has always been and will always be you. You complain about everything and it's never your fault. You're a miserable whiny entitled little bitch who comes from a background that should say the opposite.

I've told you over the years, it's not your looks but your ugly personality that has gotten you nowhere in life. But keep on thinking not working to get experience in Phoenix or not moving to the SF area will get you an entry level job in SF. All you do is the opposite of what any intelligent person who's been given good advice would do and look at you. Nothing but a joke. And sadly, negative attention is better than none for you.

http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/2005/0213/cover.html

http://kuow.org/post/seattle-freeze-real-thing

http://www.geekwire.com/2014/weave/

First few links from Google. It's definitely real and sizable.

Seattle is a very cliquey city. If you have an in then it's not as difficult but if you know no one when you move there (and I do mean no one, not a single person) then you'll have a bad time. People are very resistant to letting anyone into their life.

I lived alone. I didn't live in a dorm. I had plenty of social activities but I wasn't in the cliques. About the only friendly people I ever met up there were some Mormons. That's about it.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I don't get why you post here TridenT. No matter what advice you're given, you find fault with it but yet, nothing you're trying is obviously working.

 

[Capt Caveman]

http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/2005/0213/cover.html

http://kuow.org/post/seattle-freeze-real-thing

http://www.geekwire.com/2014/weave/

First few links from Google. It's definitely real and sizable.

Seattle is a very cliquey city. If you have an in then it's not as difficult but if you know no one when you move there (and I do mean no one, not a single person) then you'll have a bad time. People are very resistant to letting anyone into their life.

I lived alone. I didn't live in a dorm. I had plenty of social activities but I wasn't in the cliques. About the only friendly people I ever met up there were some Mormons. That's about it.

Again, it's all your problem. I never had a problem and was friends with all of my neighbors. I even would get a phone call when someone noticed that my garage door was left open.

From one of your articles, there is even an Anti-Seattle Freeze meet-up group that had events that you could go to. Face it, if you want to believe in something you'll want to believe it b/c it'll give you an excuse for being a loser.

You're already posted that you're not able to make friends elsewhere, so it's not Seattle, it's you. When have you not posted to whine about something? This thread is hilarious. Who the hell would drive around the country to find a city that they would want to live in then live in a city that they don't want to live in and look for work in another city that isn't going to hire him b/c he's not living there due to his lack of experience. Brilliant!!!

Like I said, I was recruited out of college and part of a Financial Management Training program. They told me they'd start me in Boston but three weeks before I graduated I got a letter telling me that my first rotation was going to be in College Point, NY. At the time, I wasn't a city slicker and I hated it. But I stuck it out for a year, got the experience and was able to transfer out.

Your retarded logic is the direct opposite and you wonder why nobody will hire you and have developed an excuse to validate it. Pathetic

 

[TridenT]

I don't get why you post here TridenT. No matter what advice you're given, you find fault with it but yet, nothing you're trying is obviously working.

Just because what you suggest is A, I try A^C, and A^C hasn't shown to be working yet doesn't mean that A works either. (Or that A even exists)

 

[Capt Caveman]

I don't get why you post here TridenT. No matter what advice you're given, you find fault with it but yet, nothing you're trying is obviously working.

But it's not his fault b/c he has an excuse to continue his idiotic ways. And getting negative attention here is better than getting no attention everywhere else.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Just because what you suggest is A, I try A^C, and A^C hasn't shown to be working yet doesn't mean that A works either. (Or that A even exists)

And as a hiring manager, if your resume came across my desk, I'd toss it.

I'm looking to hire an entry level person, so I'm not looking for specific experience but a pattern of experience that shows intelligence and motivation. Good grades in school, continual work experience that shows they're learning new things and progressing.

How does not working in Phoenix do anything for you? And since it's an entry level position, I have no budget for travel/relocation for the position and I have tons of resumes from UCal Berekely, SJ State or from people that have moved to the area and working.

And I'm sure you haven't joined at linkedin networking/technology groups in an attempt to network with people that are working in SF tech. Of course, not.

 

[postmortemIA]

heh chances of trident landing a job are as same as finding an employer that is not going to ask any behavioral questions.

Out of all cities visited, capable person would be able to adjust to any of them.

 

[TridenT]

Again, it's all your problem. I never had a problem and was friends with all of my neighbors. I even would get a phone call when someone noticed that my garage door was left open.

From one of your articles, there is even an Anti-Seattle Freeze meet-up group that had events that you could go to. Face it, if you want to believe in something you'll want to believe it b/c it'll give you an excuse for being a loser.

You're already posted that you're not able to make friends elsewhere, so it's not Seattle, it's you. When have you not posted to whine about something? This thread is hilarious. Who the hell would drive around the country to find a city that they would want to live in then live in a city that they don't want to live in and look for work in another city that isn't going to hire him b/c he's not living there due to his lack of experience. Brilliant!!!

Like I said, I was recruited out of college and part of a Financial Management Training program. They told me they'd start me in Boston but three weeks before I graduated I got a letter telling me that my first rotation was going to be in College Point, NY. At the time, I wasn't a city slicker and I hated it. But I stuck it out for a year, got the experience and was able to transfer out.

Your retarded logic is the direct opposite and you wonder why nobody will hire you and have developed an excuse to validate it. Pathetic

The data point of 1 doesn't matter. I have many more data points than you that I can show a trend with. Similarly, those articles show a lot of data that points towards Seattle being an unfriendly city. Big whoop, your neighbor is polite. Plenty of people in Seattle are superficially polite. It doesn't mean they're friendly.

By the virtue of the fact that there is a meetup group for it, it demonstrates there is a fucking strong likelihood for the effect. A meetup group doesn't mean shit to me. I wanted to meet people who DID WHAT I DID. I went out to do what I DO and you know what? Nearly everyone was an cliquish asshole! I know that's hard to understand for you but when you have no common ground with someone, it's difficult to find interest in talking to them. (especially in Seattle where next to no one is funny)

You know, people decide to live in other cheaper cities until they can afford to live in the $2000+/month city by having a job. Getting a job while outside of SF is very common. I know plenty of people who do that. For some reason, it's more difficult for me than it is for others.

You're not a city slicker but you were willing to live in Boston? Lol wtf. Because Boston isn't a city?

I stuck it out in Seattle for 3.5 years to get my degree and come out not only debt free but with plenty of cash to tour the country. Stfu.